Jaishankar: Weaponisation of trade a concern

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the changing landscape of business as increasingly people are factoring in national security as being more important than before, especially in the digital age.

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These changes, the minister argued, do not mean making alternative systems of telecom and other technologies, but rather ally with others who share the same goals as India.

"There are different ways of dealing with weaponisation, one is to stay at the right side of the weapon so you know, you don't get hit, others do. But here's the reality, the world today makes business decisions factoring in national security in a manner in which it did not do so before, especially in the digital era," Jaishankar said while addressing the Raisina Dialogue being held in New Delhi.

The remarks were made by him at the third day of the Dialogue, at the "Commisars and Capitalists: Politics, Business and New World Order".